Warm Up What does the word glee mean

Warm Up � What does the word glee mean in the following sentence? I was filled with glee when I got home and saw that my parents had gotten me a new puppy. a) Anger b) Sadness c) Glass d) Happiness Explain why you think so.

Title: Walter’s Week Author: Sam R. Mc. Coll Genre: Narrative Reading Goal: Clarify words and ideas in sentences, paragraphs, and passages. Team Cooperation Goal: Help and Encourage Others Essential Question: How can we clarify a word or part of the story that we don’t know or understand?

Vocabulary � � Partner A, check 1 -4 Partner B, check 5 -8

shift � � Time one is at work My dad works an eight hour shift at his office

fortunately � luckily � Even though I hadn’t practiced, fortunately I did well at the track meet.

rotate � Spin, turn � When the wheels rotate, the car goes forward.

trudged � Walked slowly and sadly � Jack trudged to the principal’s office, knowing he was in trouble.

boarded � Climbed on, as a bus or plane � Martina boarded the plane ten minutes before it took off.

ignore � Pay no attention to Joanne tried to ignore her little brother so he’d go away.

battling � � fighting The squirrels were battling over the last acorn under the tree.

mentioned � Spoke about, referred to � The movie star mentioned her parents in her speech.

Listening Comprehension � � What happened yesterday in Tim’s Practice? What does Tim do? How does his dad help him? Listen to how I clarify as I read

Walter’s Week � � Retell what’s happened in Walter’s Week so far Think of a good question you could ask about the story.

Preview Team Talk pg. 12 � Team Talk question #2 focuses on our reading goal: Clarifying

Partner Reading – 15 minutes Partner Read- Page 23 Silent Read- Page 24 and 25 - As you read, stop to clarify - Also, stop to retell your partner what they read - If finished early, reread page 21 or 23 together for fluency practice.

Team Discussion – Help and Encourage Eachother! � � � Clarify sticky words with your team Discuss the team talk questions Write the answers to numbers 2 and 3 ONLY Vocabulary Practice Team Talk Extender: Things are getting worse for Walter. Do you think he should hope that things will get better? Why or why not? If finished, practice fluency on page 21

Class Discussion � � � What were some of the words your team clarified? Let’s look at our answers for the team talk questions Team Talk Extender: Things are getting worse for Walter. Do you think he should hope that things will get better? Why or why not?

Adventures in Writing � Page 10

Learned that you can’t always win Slipped and fell down a hill Bad day at a track meet Had to be taken back to school in a van and placed last